THE trailer for Star Wars : The Force Awakens set the internet alight with excited fans all logging on to express their delight on social media.

The film, which doesn't open until December 18, sent cinema giants' websites into meltdown as tens of thousands of people desperately tried to book a ticket for the first few showings.

But the hype around the movie also saw sarcastic social media buffs create parody memes mocking the Star Wars super fans over their behaviour since the trailer was released.

Jokers took some of the original movie quotes

Memes poking fun at fans excitement

Social media users mocked the loved movie franchise

The new film is one of the most anticipated movies ever. It reunites stars from the original trilogy of films including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, which ended with Return of the Jedi in 1983.

Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker will also return as C-3PO, Chewbacca and R2-D2 respectively.

Vue cinemas revealed they sold 10,000 tickets in the first 90 minutes of their going on sale on Monday – the biggest first hour of advance ticket sales this year.

But many Star Wars fans voiced their disappointment after they faced lengthy delays on the Odeon and Cineworld websites to snap up tickets for the seventh instalment in the Star Wars series.